Jan Eden wrote on 03.03.2005:
>Hi,
>
>I use mod_rewrite to provide simpler URLs for my database-driven
>site. My document root's .htaccess contains the following line
>(among others):
>
>RewriteRule pages/([0-9]+) cgi-bin/show.pl?id=$1
>
>It works fine.
>
>But some of my pages are password-protected. For these pages,
>show.pl displays a form where username and password can be entered.
>The form calls the script itself:
>
>...
>$q->start_form(), qq{<p>Benutzer<br />}, $q->textfield("user_name"),
>"</p>", qq{<p>Passwort:<br />}, $q->password_field("user_password"),
>"</p>", $q->hidden("id", "$id"), $q->submit;
>...
>
>If the username/password are entered correctly, show.pl is called
>again with three parameters (id, username and password), and the
>protected page is displayed
>
>Unfortunately, when sending the form, the browser's address bar
>changes from
>
>http://mysite.com/pages/1234
>
>to
>
>http://mysite.com/pages/1234?id=1234
>
>The page itself is displayed correctly.
>
>But why is the query string added? When I change the form's method
>to get, I get
>
>http://mysite.com/pages/1234?user_name=user&user_password=pass&id=
>1234&.submit= Senden
>
>as you would expect.
>
>Why is the "id=1234" part still added when using POST?
I should have chosen a slightly different subject line, as "mod_rewrite + post forms" got a response quickly. ;-)
I solved the problem myself by using the input to mod_rewrite (pages/1234) as the script's action parameter.
Best,
Jan
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